Adult Development And Aging Ch: 8

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adult attachment theory

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early bond between infant and caregiver effect later relationships

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attachment styles

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mental framework about relationship expectancies and for the 'self'

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secure attachment style

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feel safe and cared for so they develop confidence in relationships

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anxious attchment style

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fear of abandonment

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avoidant attachment style

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fear abandonment so bad that they avoid situations

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anxious attachment style: older adults vs. younger adults

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older are less likely

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trait theories

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adjectives describing peoples traits capture psychological makeup

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trait perspective

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traits guide behavior and are partially inhereted

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Costa and McCrae's thoery

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Five Factor Model (FFM) "the big five" that intends to capture all characteristics of personality based on 5 dispositions

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FFM uses what to test disposition?

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Neuroticism-Extraversion-Openness Personality Inventory-Revised questionaire that charts changes in personality over time

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NEO-PI-R

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Neuroticism-Extraversion-Openness Personality Inventory-Revised

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OCEAN

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openness conscientiousness extraversion agreeableness neuroticism (big 5)

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correspondence principle

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people experience life events that reflect their personality. personality stability over time then is reinforced

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type a behavior pattern is associated with which disease?

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heart disease and hostility

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Traits and health: conscientousness

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low=carelessness weight gain impulsivity less interulukin 6 and good cholesterol

high= prevention-related behaviors, #MIDUS says low IL6, Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging says high longevity, Nun study shows lower Alzheimers

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Traits and health: openness

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high: less rxn to stress tests,

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Five pathways through adulthood

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Authentic road

triumphant trail

straight and narrow way

meandering way

donward slope

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affect regulation

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through engaging in relationships there is an increase in happiness

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SST

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Socioemotional selectivity theory:

smaller social life. more concerned with emotional relationships and positivity

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Cognitive Perspective

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proposes that people are driven by desire to predict and control experiences. these studies emphasize coping mechanisms

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Cognitive Self Theory

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People regard events from how relevent they are to their sense of 'self'

Ex: self-efficacy

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Theories within the Cognitive Perspective

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-Possible selves

-Coping and Control

-Identity process theory

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Possible Selves theory

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individuals self-schema (view of themself) effects pursuit of future adventures

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Coping and Control

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cognitive approach to 'stress'

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stress

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percieve that situation overwhelmes your ability to manage it

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Coping

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actions taken to reduce stress

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Problem-focused coping

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attempt to reduce stress by changing the situation

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emotion-focused coping

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changing the way they think about the situation

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Resilience

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peopole who are characteristically able to cope with challenging life events

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Identity processing theory

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the goal of developmet is optimal adaptation to environment through balance in The Self (identity assimilation) and in response to experience (identity accomodation).

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multiple threshold model

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aging individuals react to changes through identity assimilation and identity accomodation

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does identity accomodation or identity assimilation give more positive results in aging adults?

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identity assimilation

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Theory of the mid-life crisis

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Levinson/Sheeny approach. believe that there are strict age-based turning points in adulthood; midlife crisis is one

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Levinson's Stages of Adulthood

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Early adulthood transition 17-22

Midlife transition 40-45

Late adult transition 60-65

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Midlife transition 40-45

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corresponds with when midlife crisis happens

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Midlife crisis theme

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1. overcoming disillusionment du to failure to achieve the dreams of youth that inevitably, cannot be fully realized.

2.making decisions over how to set life structure in middle adulthood

3.resolve polarities of personality

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"mid-life crisis scale"

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Developed by Costa and McCrae. Contradicts midlife crisis. MIDUS also contradicted it